Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes crash, Aug 25, 1952 (7 killed)
Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes accident on August 25, 1952 near Trapani Sicily, Italy with 7 fatalities. Cause: Failure of one or both inner engines (Nos....
- Date: August 25, 1952
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes
- Location: Trapani Sicily, Italy
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Failure of one or both inner engines (Nos. 2 and 3), reason for the failure undetermined
Airwork's Handley Page Hermes IV (G-ALDF) was on a non-scheduled charter from Blackbushe to Khartoum via Malta with 51 passengers and six crew. After two inner engines failed and the batteries ran down, the aircraft ditched in the sea between Trapani and Formica, Sicily, and seven people died.